See also:

Development Permits
 
Population by Community
 
Air Traffic
 
Fuel Spills - Yukon
 
Fuel Spills - NWT

Arctic Borderlands Ecological Knowledge Co-op

What is happening?

• This graph shows the number of water licences issued each year in the Yukon portion of the Borderlands study area.
• There are relatively few water licences issued each year and almost all have been multi-year licenses associated with water use for domestic purposes (e.g. the Village of Old Crow or maintenance camps along the Dempster Highway).
• There are some water uses that do not require a water licence and these are called a Notification of water use without a licence. There have been relatively few of these recorded each year. The slight increase in 2007-08 was associated with an increase in mineral exploration activities.

Why is it happening?

• Many industrial activities trigger the need for a water licence, either to use water or deposit waste back into a water body. Tracking the number of licences issued each year may be one way of tracking the rate of development.

Why is it important?

• Tracking the various permit applications may help identify emerging trends or areas of new development.

Technical Notes

• The recent information on water use was obtained from the Yukon Water Board with older records obtained from DIAND Water Resources.